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Time of India
7 hours ago
- Business
- Time of India
Gurgaon is cleaner but still far from clean after a year of SWEEPing. Here's why
Gurgaon: This time last year, the city had found itself under a garbage siege. Every other turn or roadside corner had heaps of municipal waste rotting away. Near markets and mall parking lots, at entrances to metro stations, and on the most upscale avenues, the problem had spread like rash. This state of affairs forced the state govt to declare a solid waste exigency on June 12, 2024. Municipal management, which the corporation had utterly failed at, was handed over to a committee that was tasked with implementing Solid Waste Environment Exigency Programme (SWEEP). This June 1, the SWEEP mandate officially came to an end. According to MCG records, the civic body spent nearly Rs 290 crore on sanitation in this period. Is the city cleaner for it? Yes. Is the job done? No. Though SWEEP managed to clean up last year's mess, waste collection and processing are still marked by ad hocism. Garbage dumps still pockmark the city, and construction and demolition waste lines roadsides in pockets. The corporation has not been able to meet National Green Tribunal-set targets to clear legacy waste from the Bandhwari landfill or find an alternative site. by Taboola by Taboola Sponsored Links Sponsored Links Promoted Links Promoted Links You May Like 임플란트 29만원 이벤트 임플란트 더 알아보기 Undo And it's still struggling with waste collection from households and its proper segregation. Sanitary inspectors for monitoring MCG commissioner Pradeep Dahiya, who assumed office on May 7 this year, promises there will be visible improvements in three months. He says the corporation is formulating a detailed development strategy for the city and doesn't hesitate to admit that sanitation operations have been marred by "insufficient oversight". To address this concern, MCG has requested Haryana govt to appoint 144 assistant sanitary inspectors through Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam. These inspectors will be tasked with overseeing sanitation operations and ensuring consistent cleanliness standards. Additionally, they will be responsible for monitoring deployment and utilisation of vehicles and equipment. "We are currently in the process of streamlining the system and changes will reflect within three months. The objective of hiring sanitary inspectors is monitoring to ensure our roads are swept regularly, machinery, vehicles, etc are utilised properly, and all sanitation work is carried out efficiently. Besides this, we have tenders for door-to-door waste collection and a separate tender for clearing garbage vulnerable points. My aim is to carry out result-driven tasks and change will be seen in three months," says Dahiya. There are currently 5,824 sanitation workers employed by MCG for the city. The urban local bodies (ULB) department has developed a solid waste management (SWM) portal and mandated the attendance of the sanitation staff through it based on which their salaries will be disbursed. New agencies, backup trash vans The civic body's current focus is on hiring agencies for door-to-door waste collection. For this, three agencies are to be hired since the city will be divided into three clusters for doorstep waste collection. The estimated cost of the project is Rs 424 crore and the duration of the contract is five years, with a two-year extension if work is satisfactory. "Once our doorstep waste collection is robust and contractors ensure waste collected is segregated at source and dumped only at designated waste collection points, waste won't be seen dumped along roads," a senior MCG official told TOI. ULB secretary Vikas Gupta has approved a proposal to hire 400 light commercial vehicles (LCVs), which will be deployed in each of the city's four zones for six months, or until a concessionaire is hired. The interim arrangement, estimated to cost Rs 12 crore, comes with specific instructions — the vehicles won't be authorised to collect user charges from residents. The state govt will decide on user fee collection once a dedicated agency is appointed, according to officials. Debris still awaits concrete solution For C&D (construction and demolition) waste management, MCG plans to use compact, movable processing units. MCG will also assess the possibility of obtaining land within the Global City development zone to set up a permanent C&D waste processing facility, according to sources. Additional commissioner-1 Yash Jaluka has been assigned to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of the functioning and efficiency of the city's only C&D waste processing facility at Basai. As a temporary solution to the construction waste problem, MCG has initiated the tender process to hire an agency to clear 6 lakh MT of debris piled along roads. For Bandhwari, MCG will prepare a comprehensive three-month plan to clear the landfill. MCG plans to identify a separate site to divert fresh waste. Two agencies, which are currently engaged in legacy waste processing, have been issued a show cause notice and warned that they will be blacklisted if work does not pick up pace. The agencies were contracted to process 14 lakh metric tonnes of waste out of which they have processed only 1.5 lakh MT. Local processing plan yet to move Decentralised waste processing is also in works to streamline the city's sanitation, says Dahiya. However, no concrete step has been taken yet in that direction. According to SWM rules, 2016, local authorities should set up material recovery facilities (MRFs) or secondary storage facilities with sufficient space to sort recyclable materials. This will enable informal or authorised waste collectors to separate and collect recyclable materials such as paper, plastic, metal, glass, textile, etc from waste, reducing the overall waste load that goes to the landfill and needs to be processed. Gauri Sarin, convener of a citizen's group called Making Model Gurugram, says she has shared a plan with govt for residential societies, plotted colonies, and commercial bulk waste generators to go for in-situ waste management. "We can significantly reduce the amount of waste monthly and yearly going to the landfill considering the large number of highrises bulk waste generators in Gurgaon. The second part of the plan that we have proposed is to have two to three CBGs (compressed biogas plants) in each zone. These can be 50 to 100 metric tonnes capacity. If MCG provides two acres of land in each zone, these can be easily established," adds Sarin.
Time of India
10 hours ago
- Business
- Time of India
Month left, but MCG scraps contracts of 53 sanitation workers
1 2 Gurgaon: MCG has discontinued the employment of 53 retired sanitation staff members. These workers were initially employed for a six-month duration from Jan 21 to July 20. But the authorities decided not to extend their work said these workers demonstrated "poor efficiency and inconsistent attendance in their duties". They added, these sanitation workers received approximately Rs 25,000 per month, resulting in annual savings of Rs 1.5 crore for MCG. MCG commissioner Pradeep Dahiya said, "We already have six agencies working for us. We have sanitation workers outsourced through these agencies for the manual sweeping of roads. We needed the services of these 53 retired sanitation workers when it was required." Following his appointment on May 7, Dahiya dismissed approximately 20 consultants, indicating that their services were no longer necessary for the organisation. Officials said MCG is working on cost reduction so that "these funds can be diverted" to hire the staff required in different departments. MCG has plans to hire 144 assistant sanitary inspectors through Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam. Sources said MCG has received instructions from ULB to optimise its workforce allocation. MCG continues its ongoing staff restructuring exercise. Following the dismissal of approximately 20 consultants, the civic authority still has 17 consultants and specialists across departments.
Time of India
15-05-2025
- Time of India
Traffic volunteer, deployed at Manesar police station, dies in hit & run on NH-8
Gurgaon: A 36-year-old man deployed at Manesar traffic police station under Haryana Kaushal Nigam died in a road accident on Tuesday. Sunil, a resident of Bhatla village in Hisar, was riding a police two-wheeler. Tired of too many ads? go ad free now Police said he was on was travelling from Panchgaon to Manesar on NH8 when the incident occured. When he reached near Balaji Vaishno Dhaba around 2am, an unidentified vehicle, being driven at high speed, rammed into the police rider. Due to severe injuries, Sunil succumbed to his injuries on the spot. The vehicle's driver fled the scene after the accident, said a police father Krishan, a resident of Bhata village in Hisar's Hansi filed the complaint. "I had a conversation with him on the phone during the day, and at night I received a phone call stating my son had suffered severe injuries." He also said he was informed about the accident by police officers and rushed to the spot. His son, who had two young children, was found critically injured and declared dead due to severe injuries caused by the collision. His brother Ashok said he had joined as a driver through Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam (HKRN) in 2023. "He was first posted as a driver in PCR vans and later was transferred to the traffic unit in Manesar." A case has been registered under Sections 281 (rash driving), 106 (culpable homicide not amounting to murder), and 324(4) (causing death by negligence) of the BNS, 2023. "Efforts are underway to identify the offending vehicle and driver. Police are reviewing CCTV footage from nearby areas and have appealed to the public to come forward with any information regarding the incident," an officer May 7, a 16-year-old died after the motorcycle he was driving was run over by a tractor on Mandi Road in Gwalpahari, close to the Delhi-Gurgaon border, on Monday afternoon. The tractor's driver sped off after the crash. On May 5, a 20-year-old Zepto delivery partner died in a road accident near Bakhtawar Chowk on Sunday after a car rammed into him and overturned. The accused fled the scene and remains unidentified.
Hindustan Times
30-04-2025
- Hindustan Times
Panchkula: Man, cousin attacked in parking lot brawl
In a shocking case of public violence and intimidation, a 30-year-old man and his cousin were attacked with baseball bats amid raining kicks and punches near a liquor vend in Mansa Devi Complex (MDC), Sector 5. The brutal attack left Karan Dhiman and his cousin Amit Dhiman battered and bleeding, said police. A resident of Manimajra and employee of Haryana Kaushal Rozgar Nigam, Karan told police that he and Amit were standing in the parking area near the liquor vend in MDC, Sector 5, around 9.40 pm on Sunday. There, occupants of a parked car threw out an empty bottle, which shattered near his feet. When he objected to this, the car driver apologised. However, one of the car's occupants, who was smoking outside, grabbed his collar, and began slapping and punching him, Karan alleged. Subsequently, another occupant emerged from the rear seat of the car wielding a baseball bat and attacked him on his back, hands and legs. When Amit intervened to protect him, he was also assaulted. The attackers then called two more aides, who joined in kicking and punching them. Karan said when he attempted to record the assault on his mobile phone, the assailants snatched it and threw it away. While fleeing in their Chandigarh-registered car, they threatened the victims against reporting the incident to police. On Monday, the MDC police registered a case under Sections 115, 3(5) and 351(3) of the BNS and launched a search for the accused.
